Is it weird that my family of immigrants dislikes immigrants?

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Vietnamese-American. My family immigrated from Vietnam in the years following the Vietnam War to the US, Canada, and Europe. And yet the general consensus among my family is that they dislike immigrants. My uncle fled to Germany in the 80s and looks down on East European/Turkish immigrants in Germany. My aunt in France is the same way toward African and Muslim immigrants. My relatives in America are no different. Not all of us feel this way, but this is a sentiment I've found among Vietnamese immigrants.

Metallsturm · Accepted Answer

That depends on immigrants. It's logically expected for immigrants to integrate into a society they've moved to, or at least not make it worse. That makes sense, since they've obviously moved for a reason -- typically better living standards, better opportunities etc., and it all didn't appear magically. It was created due to culture (when I say "culture" I don't mean shallow things like food, dress or music, but rather deep aspects of culture, such as political & legal institutions) and customs of the folk already living in there.

Nowadays immigration (the one you've mentioned) has a major problem that these "new immigrants" have no desire to integrate whatsoever, have no respect towards local population whatsoever, completely reject norms and customs of the new living place, and they moved to simply be a parasite on a healthy host. What's even worse is that they spread their so-called "culture" in a new place, essentially turning the place they've moved to into a place they've fled from.

Additionally, older generation typically had to work hard and prove themselves, all while facing some sorts of discrimination, before being accepted as new citizens. While "new immigrants" can outright spit into face of locals, wreck shit, rape folk, kill folk and in general do whatever the hell they want, yet politicians (and typically leftist retards) will still bend over, will try to bend local society over, and push out ridiculous government handouts to these so-called "new immigrants", which are paid via taxpayer's money.

Thus immigrants of an older generation see these new "immigrants" as an infectious parasite that's going to turn the country into a shithole they've fled from. Since older generation has been around for a while and have built/created/achieved something in decades of being in a new country via hard work, they do have something to lose. It's rather obvious they're quite unhappy to see incoming danger & comprehend complete blindless of dumb locals that can't see it coming and actively selling the rope they're going to hang on soon.

Berethor · Accepted Answer

Asians don't like blacks, nothing new about it, and Asians also don't like muslims.

letuswaltzforthedead · Accepted Answer

Not really, my family's the same way towards immigration from any country. Its usually because since they went through the whole legal system, they think it's unfair that illegal immigrants get the same benefits (staying) without doing all the work for it. Their homeland isn't exactly accepting to immigrants as the US is either.

GreatVallue · Accepted Answer

It's weird if they're not illegal immigrants.

RavVid · Answer

No, I think it is normal even if a bit weird. In my country Australia there have been successive waves of immigration from different source countries and it generally seems that each successive wave is looked at with disapproval. At the same time the previous wave becomes validated as ok. For example a lot of Viet people were in public housing and thought to be running triads. The next wave of Turkish people moved in the public housing and were thought to be violent. The Viet people were then seen to be industrious and good folk.

The last wave in gets shit. Shouldn't be but it is a constant. There is a little truth in it. Currently it is African people and there have been gang fights. I guess there is a lot generalization that people take from a subset. Also initially an immigration wave is concentrated in particular areas so there is limited contact with the rest of the community.

RolandCuthbert · Answer

It is just the idea of exceptionalism. People can disassociate themselves from certain groupings using the idea that, they are the exception. "Black" people do this to each other a lot. Where they can accept the "Black" race is a failure. But they themselves individually are remarkable exceptions.

WildCard42 · Answer

It probably isn't weird.

People always feel threatened by new people taking jobs I guess? My family is White, but all of my ancestors immigrated to Canada from Russia, Germany, Ukraine and the Netherlands in the 1940's I think.

My mom hates when Filipino women immigrate here and take jobs, but I think they're beautiful and I want Canada to be mostly Asian women so we have different opinions on that.

exitseven · Answer

They probably dislike illegal aliens. Anyone who came to America the legal way must be pissed when they see Biden letting 5 million of them cut to the beginning of the line and don;t even have to have a physical.

DailyAsk · Answer

Why Immigrate to a country that destroyed your own country, I never get these type of people.

Guardian45 · Answer

I think this a common theme among the majority of immigrants anywhere. It is human nature to create tiered structured 'society of classes', both above and below ourselves!

KostasKouvalis · Answer

They don't dislike all immigrants. They only dislike certain immigrants. That's completely reasonable

Anonymous · Answer

Immigrants don’t like other immigrants. Why? They are cutting in on their action.

Cubus · Answer

All immigrants or only illegal ones?

Anonymous · Answer

What is their reason?

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